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Halifax Field Naturalists Newsletter MARCH-MAY 1983. No. 31 HELP SAVE THE PIPING PLOVERS~ (see page six)
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HalifaxFieldNaturalistsNewsletterMARCH-MAY 1983. No. 31
HELP SAVE THE PIPING PLOVERS~
(see page six)
HalifaxFieldMat ralists
MARCH - MAY 1983. No. 31
MEETINGS— are held on the first Thursday of every month at 8.00 p.m. inthe Auditorium on the ground level of the Nova Scotia Museum1747 Summer Street, Halifax.
FIELD TRIPS — are held at least once a month.
MEMBERSHIP — is open to anyone interested in the natural history of NovaScotia. Memberships are available at any meeting of theSociety or by writing to —- Membership Chairman, HalifaxField Naturalists, do Nova Scotia Museum.
Individual memberships $7.00 per yearFamily “ $10.00 “
Sustaining “ $15.00 “
This covers our fiscal year from January 1 to December 31.Members receive the HFN Newsletter and notices of all meetings, field trips and special programs.
DIRECTORS for President Doris ButtersJ983 — Assistant to President John van der Meer
Vice—President Bill FreedmanMembership Chairman . . Cohn StewartTreasurer Bernice MooresPast President Anne GreeneDirectors Pierre Taschereau Edna Staples
John Brownlie Michael DowningEric Malmberg Aileen Meagher
Filip VolckaertNEWSLETTER — (Editor) Doris Butters
Edna Staples Aileen MeagherMAILING Halifax Field Naturalists
ADDRESS - do N.S. Museum,1747 Sumer Street, Halifax, N.S. B3H 3A6
HFN is a member organisation of the Canadian Nature Federation.HFN is incorporated under the Nova Scotia Societies Act.HFN NEWSLETTER is produced by courtesy of the Nova Scotia Museum.~ Now that running a car is so expensive, it would be really nice if those
members travelling in someone else’s car on field trips would share the costof gas. Thank you.
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Scheduled events include workshops, seminars and a Symposium,as well as the CNF annual generalmeeting and many social events.A variety of scenic coastal fieldtrips is offered to aquaint theparticipants with the Gulf of St.Lawrence, Northumberland Straitand upper and lower Bay of Fundy—and, for contrast, a trip to NewBrunswick’s interior wilderness.
De t a ii 5con ferencethe April/ _______
Canada orinformation to
SCIENCE FAIR —
On April 14 and 15 I attended the7th Annual Halifax—Dartmouth andCounty Regional Science Fair. I wasthere in two capacities, as judge, andas represent tive of the HFN. In thesecond role selected two winners,one junior one senior,category Exhibit inHistory”, is awardedeach year.
The junior winner was LARA KEITH,Grade 9, of Sir Robert Borden Schoolfor an exhibit on spiders and spiderwebs called “Along Came a Spider”.The senior winner was JACQUI SHAWGrade 10, of Queen Elizabeth HighSchool, for a presentation on “TheMicro—Environment of the PitcherPlant’~ -
The winners each received amembership in HFN, a subscriptionto Nature Canada and a pocketmagni fier.
John van der Meer.
REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSOF FOREST PRACTICES -
A 225 page report by DR. W. (Bill)FREEDMAN of Daihousie Institute forResource and Environmental Studies,has recently been published and Isavailable from the office of IRESDalhousie University, 1312 RobieStreet, Halifax, B3H 3E2 (424—3632).
The report provides an overviewof the environmental impacts associated with ongoing and foreseeableforestry practices in the Atlanticprovinces. It contains a literaturereview and an interpretation of thetransitory and long—term effects ofpesticide use, harvesting, roadconstruction, site preparation andplantation establishment on wildlife and its habitat, aquatic life,water quality, soil characteristics,and forest species composition.
For information: Susan Hall,Environmental Protection Service,5th floor, Queen Square, 45 AlderneyDrive, Dartmouth B2Y 2N6 (426—6141).
CANADIAN NATURE CONFERENCE 1983 —
“Time and Tide Wait For You”,is the title of a CNF Conferenceto be held In Sackville, New Brunswick, from August 11-14. A variedprogram on the theme “Estuaries -
Where Rivers Meet the Sea” hasbeen arranged, augmented by pre—and post—conference activitiesfrom August 7-18.
are availabe ibrochure md
June issue ofyou can write
n theuded inNaturefor full
Mary Majka,ConferenceN.B. FederaR.R.2, MaryAlbert, N.B
Cha i rmanSteering Committeetion of Naturalists‘5 Pt. Road
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4ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES BOOKS -
We have recently received a‘legacy’ of publications put out afew years ago by the N.S. Museum onvarious aspects of Nova Scotiahabitats. The books are well—writtenand clearly, illustrated by photographsand line drawings and should be ofconsiderable help to anyone with abeginner’s interest in various areasof our natural history. Titles are:
The Northumberland Strait Shore.The Atlantic Shore.The Roadside Pond.Pastures, Hayfield & Old Fields.
These books are in the Environmental Studies Series; texts, drawingsand photographs are by members ofthe Museum staff.
If you are interested call meat 423—8607.
Editor
WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS -
T. ParisMs. E. ReidEvelyn MaclnnesJacquueline leSusan MoxonNancy WynnNancy SherwinSheila ConnellVirginia LaffinKathie KovacsC. Guay
Remember George Roberts, theebullient New Zealander who workedat Dalhousie University a coupleof years ago? Kept us all amusedon our walks and gave us a verylighthearted but informative talkon ‘searching for minerals incountries he had never visited’.Well earlier this year during avisit to California he rang upConnie Eaton, one of our HFN’er$.,to say ‘Hello!’ and to send greetings to us all.
naturenotes
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Suddenly it’s Springl And yet Just trip there); Mary also heard aa short time ago we were so excited ‘torrent’ of birdsong on April 7 inat spotting our individual ‘first the railway cuttino — birds unfort—signs’ of Nature’s annual revival unately not identified Cohn
Stewart saw a flock of Evening Gros—On January 23 Dorothy Morris found beaks on March 31 on Almon Street
Mayflower in bud in Shuble Park and Bernice Moores noted Coltsfoottook a couple into the house where flowering on April 9 and saw an earlythey bloomed within a few days. In Robin on March 27 Filipthe same area she found Coltsfoot on Volckaert’s keen eye spotted tiny20 March and heard Spring Peepers Springtails on March 19 in Frog Pond.on April 12 Pierre Taschereau and next door to your Editor,found Salamanders on the move near for the second year in a row SparrowsJulie’s Pond on April 1, next day he are carrying ‘makings’ for a nest tosaw Coltsfoot in flower Mary a spot under the eaves where theyPrimrose checked Smiley’s Intervale used to nest but which was boxed inand Bloodroot was up an inch or so 3 years ago when the house was re—on April 10 (hope it is still in sided; birds are really persistent
little beggars, aren’t they?bloom when we take our May 8 field
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THE BUTTERFLIES OF SPRING
stretch of woodsy road.The earl
Mourning Clhas large brown w ngswhite border fleckedinside the border ispurple eye—spots, orneath, the wings look iidried leaf. The Mournione of the few butterflthe winter in the adultfor spring inside hollobuildings, wood piles,cans. They will fly onlate March in the Halican be seen among thepath behind York Redo
spread flat to absorb everycalorie.
Many butterflies spend the winteras pupae, with much of their bodyfluid converted to a chemical closelyrelated to anti-freeze, which allowsthem to endure sub—zero temperatureswithout freezing. As winter comes toan end, the warmer temperatures trigger the final stages in the transitionfrom a larva to an adult.
Among the earliest of these toemerge are the Elfins (Incisajia sp.).Well-named: they are small, about thesize of a penny, inconspicuously cladin drab brown, and look like shadowsas they dart from place to place.They may be found on blueberry barrensand near pine or spruce forest fromthe middle of May into early June. Wehave five species in Nova Scotia: theBrown Elfin (I. augustinus), theHoary Elfin (i. polios) ,the BandedElfin (I. niphon ciarkU), Henry’s
time of year.The familiar
trina ladon) ischeery re—assurament of winter.iridescent blueappear about theElfins, but lastinto mid-July.“blues” to be seen until theSilvery Blues (Glaucopsyche Zbegin to emerge in mid-June.larvae can be found in the fl
ting heads of Aralia (A. hispida)Virburnam (v. cassinoides ).
A woodland walk in late Maymight introduce you to anotherspring butterfly, a Dusky Wing.Members of the Skipper superfamily(Hesperioidea) , the Dusky Wings arelarger than the El fins and much moreconspicuous. We have two species inNova Scotia: the Dreamy Dusky Wing(Erynnis icelus ) and Juvenal ‘ s DuskyWing (E. juvenaZi~. Both are basically brown, with a sprinkling ofsmall tan—coloured spots on the hind—wings. Juvenal’s is the larger, andcan be identified by the presence ofsemi—transparent (hyaline) whitespots on the fore-wing. Both speciesseem to adopt favourite localitiesin the sun, from which they makebrief forays to drive off otherbutterflies, investigate flowers,orwhat—have-you, before returning onceagain to rest in the warmth of theirfavourite spot.
By the first week of June, thebutterfly population is really starting to grow, and we begin to see the‘summer’ species. Watch out for theappearance of our big yellow swallowtail, the Northern Tiger Swallowtail(Papilio glaucus canadensis). Theseare abundant along the Waverley roadbetween the Micmac Rotary and Oakfield.
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6THE PIPING PLOVER PROBLEM IN NOVA SCOTIA
Concern is growing over the condition of many Nova Scotia publicbeaches where disturbance anddestruction by motorised vehicles areon the increase. Several letters onbehalf of HFN have been sent to theMinister of Lands and Forests, Hon.George Henley, requesting that theBeach Protection Act be enforced atall public beaches before irreparabledamage is done.
Of particular urgency is the caseof St.Catherine’s River Beach inQueens County (originally Cadden Bay).Granted - damage there is not yetsevere; the immediate problem Is thewelfare of the Piping Plover whichnests there on the bare sandy habitatjust above high water mark, where
s, eggs -
difficult
ened in Canada, actually it now maywell be on the endangered list.
Based on studies done in 1976—77towards an MSc by Winifred Cairns, sheand Ian Melaren published a paper in“American Birds” in 1980 estimatingthat at most 910 pairs were nestingalong the whole Atlantic Coast ofNorth America from Virginia to Newfoundland. Of that total a maximumof 70 pairs were estimated for all ofNova Scotia — most of the nestingsites being along the south coast inShelburne, Queens, Lunenburg andHalifax Counties. Between 27—29pairs were estimated as nesting onSt. Catherine’s River Beach in 1976 —
at that time a quiet, relativelyisolated privately owned property.
Last year Stephen Flemming andRoland Chaisson of Acadia Universityreleased their preliminary report onthe Piping Plover and the need to reduce human disturbance. They gaveonly 15 pairs as nesting at St.Cath—erine’s Bay Beach in 1982 — areduction of nearly 50% since the
Nova Scotia government expropriatedthe Woods property and it became apublic beach. Flemming and Chiassonare already on the beach this yearcontinuing their study and hoping bytheir very presence to be able toeffect some safeguard for the birdsduring the critical weeks of May andJune, by deflecting ‘traffic’ awayfrom the nesting area.
Late last year the Province ofNova Scotia appointed a Committee toexamine alternate uses of the property. Public hearings were held andthe Committee made well aware of thePiping Plover problem. The Committeesubmitted its Report to Governmentin March 1983, but at the time ofwriting neither Report nor recomn’endations have been released to thepublic. HFN and Canadian NatureFederation have both written to theProvincial Government pointing outthe urgency of the situation andrequesting that immediate steps betaken to protect the site — at leasttemporarily — during this currentnesting season. Perhaps you wouldadd your voice by writing your ownletter to The Honourable GeorgeHenley, Minister of Lands and Forests,Government of Nova Scotia, P.O.Box698, Halifax, B3J 2T9.
Abstracted from Hal Mills (cNF)Report, at present held in HFNfiles and available to anyoneinterested in getting moredetails.
On Mayvisited Stto see forthe site isful the wholat least onerunning throuon this walknewsletter anReport on theThese birds aproblem whichprotection an
(Editor)
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ouring of the acks makes them
The Piping P1—sized bird thed, with a black1 a plaintive ‘p
Already classi
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fied as threat—
1st a group of HFN’ers.Catherine’s River Beachthemselves how exposed
— how stunningly beauti—e beach - and to noteset of tire tracksgh the area. A reportwill appear in our nextd more from Hal Mills’Piping Plover Problem.
re facing a seriouscalls for a long-term
d management plan.
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MEANDER RIVER FIELD TRIPS
When acting as leader on severalHFN trips to the Meander River Inter—vale, I have been asked questionsabout the history of the area. Newporas the district is known,has a longrecord of settlement, and containsmany well—established farms. RecentlyI came across a book called Men ofthe Soil, published by the NovaScotian Beautification Committee,which gives brief histories of theCentury Farms of the province. Togive some background information forthe benefit of members who accompanied me on these field trips Iquote extracts from the sectionsdealing with the Harvey family, whoseproperty we are privileged to visit.
Harvie wPlantersoccupy laAcadiansTownship oExperiencefarmed in AvondaleParker now lives.
A land grant bounded by the Meanderand Herbert Rivers was given to hiseldest son, James; in the log cabinbuilt there in sight of the MeanderRiver his family was born — 13 sonsand 5 daughters.. .each son was givenapproximately 200 acres of theirfather’s grant of land... The landnow known as GRAND ELM FARM going toBenjamin, who cleared land and put up
a log cabin.. .later building a framehouse and a barn. About 1836 his twoeldest sons each planted a tree - onean apple, the other an elm. Theapple tree bore fruit until 1954 whenit was uprooted by hurricane “Edna”.The huge elm still stands and is theone from which the farm gets it name.
In 1914, the farmJohn Murdoch, Benjamiwho carried on mixedemphasis on dairying,produce going by horseHalifax... a three—dayas far as ‘Ten Mile House ______day to reach the City, maproduce, buy supplies andhome; with a third day to
t,farm. (and we now do thematter of hours!)
Later, John Murdoch and his sonsincreased their cultivated acreageby clearing land originally clearedin 1822... purchased neighbouringfarms bordering the Meander andincreased the farm area to the present 450 acres... raising of beef andhogs are chief operations on theHarvey farm today.
Five generations of Harveys haveoccupied this farm...which has gonethrough many stages,from beingpractically self—sustaining in pioneer days, through mixed farming tothe present day dairy farm supplyingmilk to the Halifax market.
Some knowledge of the humanhistory complements the naturalhistory of such a beautiful andscenic part of our country. It alsohelps me in answering the manyquestions fired at me during thecourse of our walks. But when Ithink of all the questions Moses musthave been asked during the 40 yearsin the wilderness ——— I guess I’mlucky]
was deeded ton’s grandson,farming with themost of their
and wagon totrip — one day
anotherrket thestart forreach thetrip in a
TheHa rvi ebeganin 176land,
hi story5 — origiwhen the1 from Daby way of
of the Harveys (ornal Scottish spelling)Harvie family arrivedlry, Ayrshire, Scot-
Rhode Island. John
RETREAT VALLEY FARM - now aCentury Farm — is still occupied byHarveys, and was part of the grantgiven by James to Stephen.. .born in1803.•. who later built a house whichis now part of the present farmhouse.
as one ofinvi tednd forme
He itf Newpo
Powers
the New Englandby government torly held by thewas who settled thert; he and his wife,
from Rhode Island,where Mr. Roland
Tim Randall
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EDIBLE WILD FRUITS AND NUTS OF CANADAby
Nancy J.Turner & Adam F. Szczawinski
The National Museum of Naturalpublished 1979, price $9.95 (#
Plants of Canada”).
The book treats 36 species or spe~cies groups beginning with wild riceand including many berries (blue—,black—, elder—, rasp—, cran—, etc)and nuts (acorn—, hazelnuts etc.) aswell as plums, cherries and wildgrapes. Unfortunately almost half ofthe species discussed are not nativeto Nova Scotia.
a bibliography and index.
All the fruits are treated simil,arly. Each has sections labelled“Other Names” (if any); “SuggestedRecipes”; “How to Recognise”; “Whereto Find”; “How to Use”; “Warning” (ifany); and “More for Your Interest”.The botanical name for each group isat the bottom of the first page. Eachspecies has a line drawing or colourphoto showing leaves and fruit.
The “Warnings” treat the readeras an intelligent being. For example(p.162): (the seeds of apples andpears) “contain a cyanogenic glyco—side that has an almond—like flavourand releases hydrocyanic acid. Smallamounts for flavour are not dangerous,but toxic reactions may result fromlarge amounts.., bark and leaves ofapple and pear trees should not beconsumed”.
Recipes include jellies, jams,raspberry bread, rose—hipcherry pudding, lamb shanks
ild plums, hickory—cranberrypie, tortes, salads,etc. There11 over 100 recipes. The onetrawberry ‘Leather’ is reprinted(we hope with permission from
Note that most recipes listients in English and metricwith standard preparation andinstructions.
Now, that promised recipe (p.145):“Gather as many wild strawberriesas you can. Mash by hand or pureein blender andof heavy waxeddry to a tough,sistency in thedehydrator. Peelstore the
pour onto sheetspaper. Allow to
leather—like con—sun or a foodoff paper and
leather’ in jars ina cool place. Will keep well ifthoroughly dried”.
Sciences, Ottawa, 2123 of the series”Edible
pages,Wild
The book is bound by a metal coil The “How to Recognise”and the pages, which are spaciously are well done; they preslaid out, are similar in quality to description of the plantNational Geographic. These spaces and also contrast it toocan be used for notes such as where ies with which it may bethere is a good patch of whatever, or (Thus, in the Pin Cherriesfor other recipes, they contrast pin cherry,
cherry and bitter cherry).’
sectionsent a goodin questionther spec—confused.section,choke
The introduction shoudefines ‘fruits’, whichberries —
cautions spoisonouseaten withpitted).these fruivitamin A,iron), andthe collecfruits.
ld be read. Itinclude nuts,
and tomatoes. It gives someuch as —-— some fruits arebefore they ripen, or ifthe pit in (but not if
It also lists the value ofts (e.g. elderberries forcalcium, phosphorous andhas some general hints on
tion and preparation of
winespuree,with wminceare wefor SbelowN MN 5)ingredunitsbaking
The authorsavoid being tooare described arather than ‘ovTwigs are twigsaddition thereterms that do c
have taken pains tobotanical. Leaf shapes
s oval or lance—shapedulate’ or ‘lanceolate’.
not ‘petioles’. Inis a glossary of thereep in. There is also
HALIFAX FIELD NATURALISTSc/a N.S. Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, N. S. B3H 3A6
IAWRENCETOWN — WEST MARSH SURVEY - (HFN MINI-SURVEY #4)
Date: Ecosystem:
Type of Survey: Transect No.:
Weather: Station No.:
Time:
Tide Levels:
Species Abundance Remarks
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If you go berry picking, or nutcollecting, then you should considerthis book. Initially it will providemore information on what you do collect, and later you will probablyextend your natural harvest to includenew species from this book. Besidesthe extra enjoyment, you might evenrecover the cost of the book!
a potatoon ginallblossomsand neckfrom thesection).
disease. Cranberries wey ‘crane—berries’ becauseand stems resemble the heaof a crane (these trivia a“More For Your Interest”
Cohn Stewart
rethedre
Did you knowhas nothing tofrom the oldAnto the runnersthe ground. Poplanted near p1nuisance pest 0
the name strawberrydo with straw, but is
gb—Saxon as an allusionbeing ‘strewed’ overtatoes should not beurn trees because af the trees can carry
(from Edible Wild Fruit8 and Nutsof Canada by Nancy J. Turner andAdam F. Szczawinski (Ottawa 1979),pp. 162, 145, by permission ofthe National Mu8eum of NaturalSciences, National Museums ofCanada).
woojlancj
(Fra~wia veyca\
strawberry
REVIVAL OF CONRAD’S BEACH SURVEY
A revival of the Conrad’s Beach survey (HFN Mini—Survey #4) is now underway and will continue forapproximately one year. Help is needed to tnvent—ory the plants, animals, geology, history, etc. ofa number of different ecosystems making up thisisland/beach near Lawrencetown, throughout theseasons. Professionals and laymen alike arewelcome to contribute regularly or whenever theyhappen to be in the area. The accompanying mapis to be used to pinpoint sightings as closely aspossible Find out how from LINDA MORRIS at463-3150. Thank you!
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SCIENCE LAB. TOUR —N.S. MUSEUM
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Place: Rm.412, top floor Nova Scotia MuseumDate: Saturday, 5 February 1983Participants: 15Museum Guide: Debbie Burleson
To our amazement thereBeetles, bugs, moths,Pony, mink and bones ofUnique collection of fosThere were salamanders,Possibly they’d requesteI almost forgot the colAnd their delicate eggs;We may have missed a lotBut maybe there will be
to the Museum’smused from 10 o’clock tillons of which we had to be
the Stop — “Handle witaised, the geography quiteits treasures that are so
were drawers and shelves full ofbutterflies, with beautiful, wond
whale, worn by the sands of thesils, shells and cones within osnakes and frogs not buried ind thettheir remains be pickledlection of birds - to study and
it was splendid! There reaof things tucked carefully
a chance to go again next year.
noon.aware,h Care”cleardear.nature’s th
rous wings.beach -
ur reach,drawers at allin alcoholto touch
lly was so much.here and there,
Andleave aof us tlower finsightand the
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hey missed theloor where weinto the makipresent metho
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were given somengs of modelsd of taxidermy.
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On Feb 5 we undertook a pilgrimageAnd there we kept ourselves aThere were rules and regulatiThe Red Dot meaning “SpecialPast wall maps with surface rWe ventured forth to 412 with
Science Room
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A Field Report with a difference, sent in byRicki Garrett—Smith.
The freezer was full of cello bagscontaining the rigid remains offuture exhibits and we peeped intodeserted workshops where David Cald—well the model—maker and the Museumcarpenters create and crate.
Our thanks to the Museum for making an indoor ‘outing’ so pleasant.
Doris Butters
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insect control. Chemicalkept to a minimum. NO destrips!. Galvanised metalinsecticidal soap sprays,paper cylinder meearwigs, are allPerhaps the mostintegrated biologfly; we could seeinfested geranium(Encarsia formosaised whitefly pupae. The
Spring’s first blush.
control isadly Vapona
cone traps,even a news—
Driving along Purcell’s Cove Roadat about 10.30 a.m. and naturallylooking everywhere but at the road,I was suddenly aware of a flock ofpeople crossing the road just aheadof me and entering Frog Pond park. Iswerved to miss the straggler andstopped the car on the shoulder ofthe road. A FLOCK of people - click.Sneaking back to the park with mybinoculars I observed 15 of them, inheavy coats, rubber boots and mittens.It was cold (—5°C) with a strongeasterly wind and overcast skiesthreatening drizzle.
the edge of the woods, the flockd around one man who said a few(which I could not hear), castce skywards, and then begang bubbles through a short stick
cut from a nearby red oak, into acupful of water! The crowd cheeredand then quickly scampered into thewoods. The significance of this ritual was not clear to me, but I hada feeling it had something to do withSpring... I followed quietly.
The same man (Pierre they calledhim) was obviously the leader andteacher. As they walked he talkedof the trees and the coming of Springand members of the flock broughtstems and buds to him. I noticedother rituals - the chewing of barkof certain trees (often resulting ina sour grimace) and the sniffing ofcrushed tree buds. The ritual ofthe “spring bubbler” was performed
Pierre, who knelt at thebrook and once more blew
hrough a newly-clipped redFollowing this another ofalso knelt at the edge ofappeared to touch his
to the water surface then
Spring at Frog Pond.Excitedly I returned to the car
and drove off to find my friend, Bill
thod to deal withpart of the system.interesting is theical control of white-for ourselves on anwhere a minute WaspGahan) had parasit—
larva develops inside the whiteflyand emerges leaving the pupae blackand dead. Mr. King has a booklet giving details if anyone is interested inlearning about this natural way ofcontrolling at least one persistentpest.
I expected an interesting morning,but it proved to be much more sothan I, for one, anticipated. Ourthanks to the staff at “The Yard”.parasite
WINTER TREES AND THE FIRST SIGNOF SPRING
Doris Butters
Date: Saturday, 19 March 1983Site: Frog Pond, JollimoreWeather: Cold, windy, overcast
In early March, I was challenged bya friend to discowithout—a—doubt,sign of Spring.ing, song sparrowgeese honking thewould not win thied the challengeon March 19th
ver the undisputable,absolutely firstSpring peepers peep—s singing, or evenir way northwards contest. I accept-anyway, and set outin search of
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excitedly — “Springtails!”.joined him and repeated the
Now I was certain.. .1 wasing the pre—spring outing ofifax Field Naturalists, andtest ritual definitely rep—their spiritual contact with
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He wanted proof of what I reportedbefore conceding defeat In the contest for the first sign of Spring.We returned to the Frog Pond butthe flock of naturalists were nowhere to be seen. Bill said I wascrazy and refused to recognise myreport as being the first sign ofSpring. But why should I carewhat he thinks..., next year I won’tbe looking for the first sign ofSpring - I’ll be accompanying theHFH’ers to commune with Spring uponher arrival.
PS. — Found this list on a loosepiece of paper caught amongst a clumpof Japanese Knotweed — may be aguide to someone looking for Springat Frog Pond In the future.
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SALAMANDER CRAWL 1983
On Monday nreceived wordon the Salamanus, includingman and Jim Daheaded out forford Highway.was still spidownpour it hever, weatherwe searchedman ders.
ight, April 11, wethat it was time to goder Crawl. Thirteen ofour leaders Bill Freed—le, bundled up andJulie’s Pond off Bed—After a day of rain,it
tting, but wasn’t thead been earlier. How—
was soon forgotten asfor Yellow—spotted Sala—
Somethat peenoughbloodedman de rsbe causeof themnot allto moveslow—mo vthe wately when
humans expressed the opinionrhaps it was not really warmfor a mass movement of cold—animals. Some of the sala—apparently thought otherwise,we saw a vanguard of about 30during the evening. Most, ifwere males. The females tend
in later. On land they wereing, almost motionless. Inr they moved faster, especial-trying to escape our lights.
pan to pan as it undergoesual transformationThe syrup is readyature Is 70F overof water, that is,level (we did sayfashioned operatioAtfi 1calinhoorlo
this pointered toled “sugaall maple
t syrup isevaporate
w heat to
its grad- After visiting the sugar shanty wefrom sap to syrup. split into smaller groups, each purwhen its temper- suing its pa
the boiling point family went219°F at sea through theit was an old and fresh aln — not yet metric). tite for the
t the syrup is carefully to attend atremove a calcium compound unity Centre.r—sand” which is presentsap. Once filtered theput into cans for market
d still further over amake other products such
as maple cream, maple butter andmaple sugar.
rticular Interests. Ourfor a leisurely ramblewoods, enjoying the sunr, building up an appe—church dinner we plannedthe Southampton Comm
It was a good thingwe did, because the combination plateof beans, pancakes and sausages, alldrowned In maple syrup and followedby coffee and cake for dessert, leftyour writer more than slightlystuffed.
John van der Meer
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foundmaletap hospermthen ptheirof the eggs.
thedermi grat
Both Bill and Jiminteresting facts abohistory and biology oders. We saw only thSalamanders - it wasor too cold for otheamphibians.
the
told us manyut the lifef the salamane Yellow—spottedeither too early
r species of
(âa~y4na.. 44Mhaa-~~~’)
Towards the end of the evening,Jimx oryingkets of
sevensperma—
femaleswi thisation
weather will bring out a largernumber of salamanders, includingfern a 1 e s.
Leigh Mazany
a small pond with sisalamanders in it, lares — small white pac
on a gelatinous base. Theick up the spermataphoresci oaca for internal fertil
Further excursions later inweek showed that the drier, colweather had prevented any masstion. Presumably warmer, wetter
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Here’s another little gem fromthat 1880 “How to” book written byan English gardener, Charles W.Quin:“Insects in General: In the chinksof trees, especially fruit trees —
many nascent evils now lie hidden(February) in the form of eggs, andin orchards where fruit suffersmuch from that kind of vermin thisis the time to go over the brancheswith a nail—brush and Gishurst soapand water. There is a capital kind
(3d each), strong and
\ ~ — ~ I.—” .._.~e>,g ~ \ r141, I, LU \. (Lint. ri’i £
Fof nail—brushdurable,would do
with which the gardenerwell to provide himself.
— Wonder if the apple growers inthe Valley have heard about this!!
